Valve.



W" RGBEETSH v VALVE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1911.

1,044,422; Patented Nov. 12,1912

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' Aoplication filed. July 29, 191.1. herial No. 641,191..

'i may concern I I -.n that l, GEORGE il lioomrrs, en oi ihe UnitedShires, residing; at l', in the county o'fhienard and Slate -the uppersegment" of the float wherelhey are provided 'uitheyes 6 which receive"a HWHQ, 28 which embraces the float and con tacts'iiherewith. such as bytwisting its ends fiiasmmea Nov. 12.1912.

" ldcxagha've inrenled new and useful one around the other.

1% "einents' in "Valves. of which the ffolilcssu ning lha'ithe tank ispartlv filled Ag is a'specificalio'n. with water. as shown in Fig. 1.,it will be ohy-ci of the invention is co close a seen that as the Walteris ialienfroni the tanln urns when the floatlealis or becomes the floatand its arm will descend inril the W detachedfroin itssupporiingjarnn'or when Section 16 engages with a stop 2% suitahlv l'heftanlcieahs. r supported such as by the upright 25 and The above andother objects will appear arranged so as to contact with llie sectionif) he better understood from the followwhen thewater level is adjacentto the botv i "iplion taken in ci'innection with. the tom ofihe rank.ll'hcn the Water descends 15 a panying draningsfinv which. in the tankandlhe float arm 111()V8S,(l0\\'l1 r igrire l a. detail rcriical sectionlalieu Wardlyas just described. \Yaier pressure on through a ianl; withmy improred clerice so "(he ralvo 9 will raise lihe latier. wherehy,thereco. F1 'is a 'riea similar to Wat-er will flow inio the tanlc' Thewater hid showi .ion of (he par-is flowing: into the tank will raise thefloat and ihe-lanh is partly empty. Fi 3 is a iioat arm as usualwhereupon, .ihc section view si-i'nihir to Figs. 1 and '2 but showing 14will more the \alif'e downwardly in the the position of the parts when.either tank. guide 11 and info rgeai 7 by the time that 01 iioai; is ina ieahy condition. Fig. -l is a the desired an'munhof water. flows intothe side eleration of the float arin. partly in sectank. It will be seenthat by adjusting the 35 tion. 1 i. 5 is a detail section of the valvesection l8 with respect to the section 16 and its seat. that the closingof 'lhe valve 9 may be ad in *che embodiment shown indic aies a Yancedor retarded so that the tank may form oi tank employed for servingWtli'l' to hold any desired quantify of Water.

- cattle. ihe ralre scat Z is arranged at he in the event of the floatsleaking or heinner ,j inlet pipe 8 and receives coining detached fromthe arm or the tanks 8.5 the v re 2' has a stem 10 leaking: inv i'hebottom thereof. the float or which 11 supported at one outer end of thefloat arm will move downcnd. old at its opposiie end \rardly andbeyond.- the stop 2% and in so by an mp1 o se"=" n 'l-i' of @he i'loaidoing. will turn on the slop 24 as a fulcrum aim is soil supporied richas by a pivot moving ihe section 14 relatively therelo and 15 in theupgio'r end of the upright 13 ani forcing the ralre 9 into its seal.thus cutting one end odiqal ecl. to hear on the upper vo'li" the simplyof Wafer to the tank. end oi the stern 1.0. The section 16 of theReferring to the drawing; it will be seen final L connected to thesection l-iin that the inner end portion of the section. 14 an? pi errednninner such as by a pivot 17 normally bears on the sect-hm 16 so thatexlending lllliT Ugh one end of the seciion 16 when the last named secton moi-"es upan 'lhe ion 1 wardly, ihe sections 1.4: and 16 will move 18ol: the lioai' armhas one cod as a unit. This unitary Iiiovenieni of theW lo a recess in; the opposite end parts will also take place when thesections of the 16, the said end of ihe section l 14 and 16 1 110'V8dowmvardly, since the Water 18 being adjustahly Secured \o the sectionl6 will force the stem into contact with rhe in any-preferred mannersuch as by a pin section 14. wherehy, the lnner end portion 19 whichextends through the recessed end thereof Wlll. he held. in Contact .W1ththe sec 1 of the seciion l6 and is iuserti ble into any of 1 (ion 16until. the level of the water is belorv. I 1a. pluraliiv ooenings :20formed in the sec- 1 a point in the tank near the bottom, wheretion 18 EKm. float 21 is secured lo the free upon the Weight of the float and thesections end of ihe seciion 15% in any suiiahle liizllk 16 and 18 willoperate the, section. 1.4: to

ner such ash'y spider 22 which forms a 1 close. the valve as beforedescribed. seat for the ioar and the arms 22 connected Although I ha?shown and described one to the limbs of the snide): and extending to lform of my device it is to he understood 11' may, be made Within thescope of the appended claims vvithout eparting from 'the valve as itapproaches either limit offits that I am not to be limited to thestructure I shown and described,"since various changes movement towardthe last-named end of said are. Y t' 4. In a tank valve, the combinationwith a vertically moving valve proper; of a movable float a'rm adaptedto 0' erate said valve, 'sald arm including a plura ity of relatively-movable sections, said arm also being adapted to lower said valve whenit'approaches either end of its arc of movement. 35 In a tank valve, thecombination with atank-having a valve controlled inlet, of

.a bracketmounted in said tank, spaced par- V allel uprights carried bysaid brackets, a

oat :iYarm cOmpriSing a'plurality of rela- 40 :tivelymovablesections,.one of said sections movement.

arc of movement. a 3. In a tank -valve, the combination with of saidmovable sections when the float is 4 a vertically moving valve pro f anear thebottom of the tank. In testimony'whereof I afiix my signature inpresence of tWo Witnesses.

GEORGE W. ROBERTS.

a I VVitnessesz- J. D. SMITH,

. E. If -iLLISON.

